Eastern MA middle schools and high schools that offer classes digitally?

October 30, 2015 4:52 AM

I'm looking for regular middle schools or high schools in eastern Massachusetts (i.e., the kinds with bricks-and-mortar buildings and classrooms with teachers and students there in person) but that also offer some courses completely digitally. E.g., students might go online to take an AP class or a foreign language not otherwise offered by the school. They might do so from home or from a computer lab at school or similar.

I'm not looking for regular classroom-based classes that incorporate some digital aspects (e.g., a flipped model) or supplementary learning, but rather for-credit classes with all content delivered online vs. by a live teacher at the school.

Some platforms these schools might use include: k12, Desire2Learn, Fuel Education, Odyssey, Edgenuity, Edmentum, Apex Learning, Copia Class, Blackboard, GradPoint, AAI, ROADS, or Connexus.

Bonus if you also can let me know the platform, classes offered, and/or grade levels that can take online classes.

posted by daisyace to Education (3 answers total)

The Boston Public Schools uses Apex Learning as a form of credit recovery for high school students.
posted by Captain Sunshine at 5:08 AM on October 30, 2015

Are you looking for schools that produce online courses for their own students, or schools that allow their students to take online classes elsewhere, or schools that produce courses that can be shared among schools? It sounds like you're asking about the first, but that seems like it would be even more work than just offering the class in-person. Maybe I'm misunderstanding.
posted by mskyle at 3:20 PM on October 30, 2015

Thanks, Captain Sunshine! mskyle, the platforms mentioned in the question include the content that allows schools to offer digital courses without having to produce anything themselves.
posted by daisyace at 4:15 PM on November 1, 2015